Climate twins of Bucyrus, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bucyrus's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Bucyrus vs its climate twin
Top match: Chinook, MT
| Month | Bucyrus | Chinook | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.4°F | 5.4°F | 0.19 in | 27.1°F | 4.2°F | 0.45 in |
| February | 30.8°F | 8.3°F | 0.29 in | 31.4°F | 6.9°F | 0.37 in |
| March | 42.3°F | 18.0°F | 0.53 in | 43.0°F | 17.7°F | 0.59 in |
| April | 54.8°F | 27.5°F | 1.04 in | 56.9°F | 29.4°F | 1.04 in |
| May | 65.8°F | 38.4°F | 2.32 in | 67.0°F | 40.0°F | 2.42 in |
| June | 75.7°F | 48.5°F | 2.76 in | 75.4°F | 49.3°F | 2.86 in |
| July | 84.1°F | 54.3°F | 2.39 in | 84.3°F | 53.6°F | 1.62 in |
| August | 83.7°F | 51.8°F | 1.55 in | 83.3°F | 51.7°F | 1.14 in |
| September | 73.6°F | 42.2°F | 1.23 in | 72.3°F | 41.2°F | 0.99 in |
| October | 57.0°F | 29.3°F | 1.28 in | 56.9°F | 28.5°F | 0.88 in |
| November | 41.8°F | 17.1°F | 0.54 in | 41.3°F | 17.0°F | 0.69 in |
| December | 30.8°F | 8.0°F | 0.14 in | 30.5°F | 7.5°F | 0.39 in |
Cities that consider Bucyrus their climate twin
These US cities have Bucyrus in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bucyrus would feel familiar.
- Chinook, MT (ranks Bucyrus #2)
- Saco, MT (ranks Bucyrus #1)
- Medicine Lake, MT (ranks Bucyrus #2)
- Epping, ND (ranks Bucyrus #2)
- Springbrook, ND (ranks Bucyrus #2)
- Williston, ND (ranks Bucyrus #2)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →